Erik Heinrichs

Erik Heinrichs (21 July 1890-16 November 1965) was Chief of the General Staff of the Finnish Army from 1940 to 1941 and 1942 to 1944 during World War II.

Biography
Erik Heinrichs was born on 21 July 1890 in Helsinki, Finland, and he joined the volunteer Royal Prussian 27th Jaeger Battalion during World War I. He commanded a battalion at the Battle of Tampere in the Finnish Civil War, and in 1940 he was given command of the Army of the Isthmus during the Winter War. Heinrichs was a key Finnish commander during both the Winter War against the Soviet Union of 1940 and the following Continuation War of 1941-1944, and he served as Chief of the General Staff during both wars. He died in 1965 at the age of 75 twenty years later.